Two women cleared in assault at Giants game

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Two 19-year-old women who were charged with pushing a 60-year-old woman over a row of seats during a Giants game at AT&T Park were found not guilty by a jury Thursday.

The jury found that prosecutors lacked evidence to show that Briana Chamorro of San Francisco and her friend, Amber Hanna of San Bruno, ever pushed the woman during a scuffle at a Giants game on April 27.

The dispute began when Chamorro, Hanna and two other college-age girls sat next to the victim and her 26-year-old daughter.

One of Chamorro’s friends lit a marijuana cigarette but put it out when the daughter complained about the smell, said Tamara Aparton, of the public defender’s office, who represented Chamorro. The smell stuck around, prompting the mother and daughter to leave their seats 15 minutes later.

As they walked out of the row, the mother and daughter crossed in front of the four friends. The daughter told Hanna, the person sitting closest to them, to get out of the way. Hanna protested that the daughter should ask her more politely, Aparton said.

The daughter pushed past Hanna and stepped on Chamorro’s foot, Aparton said. Chamorro spoke up, and the daughter responded by pushing her in the face. Chamorro put up her arms to block the woman.

At that point, defense attorneys said, a brief scuffle broke out in which arms flailed and the 60-year-old victim ended up falling over a row of seats. She was taken to the hospital and treated for a bruised leg and hip.

Chamorro and Hanna were cited at the ballpark, and prosecutors said they either pushed the mother intentionally or aided and abetted in pushing her. The other friends were not cited or charged.